Andrei Nejur, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental Design, School of Architecture, Université de Montréal
Emerging Researcher, CRIR–Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), Gingras pavilion, CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

Phone: 514 343-2434

Email: andrei.nejur@umontreal.ca

Education

  • Baccalaureate and Master’s degree, Architecture, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2004
  • Doctorate (Summa cum Laude), Architecture and Computer Science,Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2015
  • Postdoctorat, Digital Design, University of California in Berkeley, Berkeley CA, USA, 2016
  • Postdoctorat, Digital Design, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia PA, USA, 2020

Research interests

Design of digital platforms for health care, rehabilitation, post-traumatic care.

Selected publications

Nejur, A. & Szentesi S. (Accepted for publication 2021). The F8LD mask: Parametrized on-body design for personal protection. Proceedings of the Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2021), Hong-Kong, Chine.

Nejur, A. & Akbarzadehb, M. (2021). PolyFrame, efficient computation for 3D graphic statics. Computer-Aided Design, 134, 103003. [doi]

Akbarzadeh, M., Bolhassani, M.,  Nejur, A., Yost, J.R., Byrnes, C., Schneider, J., Knaack, U. & Borg Costanzi, C. (2019). The Design of an Ultra-Transparent Funicular Glass Structure. Structures Congress 2019, Orlando, FL, USA.

Nejur, A. & Akbarzadeh, M. (2018). Constrained Manipulation of Polyhedral Systems. Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2018, MIT, Boston, MA, USA.

Tabatabaei Ghomi, A., Bolhassani, M., Nejur, A. & Akbarzadeh, M. (2018). Comparing Load Path and Structural Performance in Different Subdivisions of Force Diagrams. Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2018, MIT, Boston, MA, USA.

Nejur, A. & Steinfeld, K. (2017). Ivy: Progress in Developing Practical Applications for a Weighted-Mesh Representation for Use in Generative Architectural Design (pp. 446- 455). Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Cambridge, MA, USA. (pdf)

 

 

Research orientation

Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities

Research topic

Theme 2: Physical and Cognitive Activities

Research Site

CRIR - Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

University Affiliation